On Thursday, authorities in Thousand Oaks, California, identified Marine veteranIan David Long, 28, as the gunman who killed 12 people and injured more than a dozen others at a popular bar frequented by college students earlier this week. Long was found dead inside Borderline Bar & Grille from what police …
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A review of “Panorama,” this week’s The Romanoffs, coming up just as soon as we toast to the phone company… Among the perks of being a big-shot showrunner is the ability to turn a production into an all-expenses-paid vacation to some beautiful destination. All you have to do is come …
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The midterm election results are in, and in addition to winning control of the House of Representatives, Democratic candidates managed to unseat Republican incumbents in other key positions — including “the top two elected officials most determined to keep [Steven Avery] and [Brendan Dassey] convicted.” That’s how defense attorney Jerry …
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Given the jazz-inflected complexities and somber, introspective tone of Joni Mitchell’s most vibrant work, the skill and magnetism of the artists who took the stage on the first of two nights celebrating her 75thbirthday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at L.A.’s theMusic Center felt all the more impressive. Over the …
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In 2012, Eric Church scored a Number One country hit with his nostalgic anthem “Springsteen.” On Monday night in New York City, Church joined the inspiration for his song —Bruce Springsteen himself — onstage for the first time to perform Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. track “Working on the Highway.” …
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Brent Cobb has confirmed an extensive run of headlining tour dates for 2019, following his run supporting Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show throughout 2018. The Sucker For a Good Time Tour kicks off January 17th in Cobb’s home state of Georgia at Atlanta’s Terminal West, with dates running through the …
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Axl Rose, a frequent critic of the Trump administration, turned to Twitter Saturday to explain why Guns N’ Roses‘ music has played at the president’s recent rallies. “Just so ya know… GNR like a lot of artists opposed to the unauthorized use of their music at political events has formally …
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A new release from a Nineties kingpin, a nod to the traditional from a rising star and some retro-pop from a Lumineer make up the songs you need to hear this week. Joe Diffie, “Quit You” Joe Diffie has fallen off the love wagon, unable to resist the pull of …
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The Satanic Temple is threatening legal action against Netflix for the use of a Baphomet statue strikingly similar to theirs in the new series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The Temple’s co-founder and spokesperson Lucien Greaves tweeted Sunday that their monument design is copyrighted, and that the show “appropriated” it. …
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When Morrissey decided to cover the Pretenders‘ “Back on the Chain Gang” for an upcoming double-vinyl reissue of his Low in High School album, he wanted to play it loose with the lyrics. “I didn’t ever see the lyrics correctly printed because I wanted to sing them as I had …
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